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flsss of we carolina watchmas .,â€ž.â– â€ž,â€¢â€žâ€ž per year two dollars payable in f bli ifnoi paid .;. advance two dollars "' i linv cents will l "' charged "" ' v mr.vrs inserted it s i for the first.and 2a cts ** .. n i lor each subsequent insertion courlorders higher than these rates alib ,,, those who advertise by the year tl e e litor musl be post paid give me \ faithful heart bt ii 1 ibeth blixn [ ,!,, not crave bright gems of earth r gold of dazzling hue hut ask for something of more worth â€” a heart that's pure and true though earth may yield her costly gems that look so fair to view : ] ;,.'â€ž not for such diadems but for a heart that's true a heart thai glows with noble deeds for this i i ' r will sue ; uess heart from envy freed â€” a heart that's pure and true real worth il nothing cai tis all i ask for here on earth a heart that's pure and kind for the watchman \ grand concert â€” nol the min t e .. j or the hutchinson family â€” but a more extensive connexion â€” tbe katydids are coming they will make their an nual visit as usual early in july they frequently commence their serenade about the fourth ol that month and continue their peculiar noise jusl three months till frost comes this insect is found in all parts ofthe l'nited states : it makes a harsh sound by means of a membrane in the cover of the wings which resembles very much the word katydid i and we are told that some old persons have observed for thirty years that the lit frost in the fall comes just three looths to a day from the time this insect appears if this is a lact it is new to me and may be worth noticing and your rea lties may mark the lime ol its appear lance and verify or disprove the above statement fur the watchman the uses of metals without the use ol these we could have nothing ol culture or civility no tillage oi agriculture : no reaping or mow ing no ploughing or digging no prun ling or lopping : no grafting or incision io mechanical arts or trades no vessels jr utensils of household stuff no conve went houses or edifices no shipping or navigation what kind of a barbarous ind sordid life we must necessarily have ved â€” the indians ol'lhe northern part of america are a clear demonstration un v il is remarkable that those which are [â– most frequent and necessary use as iron brass lead are tbe most common tod plentiful : others that are more rare nay he better spared yet are they there wqualified lo be made the common mea nt and standard of the value of all oth rc.mrnodilies and go fo serve i'm coin r motley to which use ihey have been mployed by all civil nations in all ages mo wisdom of god in citation m there are now known fifty-nine ele ments of u inch forty-three are metals of ihese are very hard and infusible equire the highesl heat of a furnace it them ; while one well known ury only becomes solid 71 degrees ' the freezing point of water some her than that fluid and will swim while one platimine is about 21 as heavy iron is the most useful ie mosi abundant ; its capacity of ng which it has in common with ps one other that of being con 1 into steel by union with carbon : hen so converted ol being rendered tnently magnetic so as to guide us : the ocean as well as the laud in ring enhance the value of this met iome are found native or already in alic state but most ol them are in nil ol ores or mineralized gold is r found native but sometimes not the metal in tbe earth is united ome other substance as oxygen sul c its malleability is destroyed is character is disguised so that a " well acquainted with the metal i not know it in that form iron in im cfthe sulphuret sulphur mixed it when a new surface is exposed like gold or new brass and as it is mistaken for the former it is called Â»' gold but gold is soft and mal n while this is not : and it may also wn by the smell of sulphur when d - phil for the watchman '"'' for measure live and let live e lived some years since in a village kstant state where was a man of ed wealth but almost an ishmaelite r ds his fellow citizens he was a h nt and had a special dislike to ' ar ics he would not let them thrive nd im if he could by any plan pre lhem for instance a young and - tr ious chair-maker came there and s p d in his trade but this man sent off ou ght a large quantity of articles '** lÂ«ne to undersell and break him a shoe-maker also set up a shop ls merchant immediately had cheap â€¢ at d boots for sale-arid what was the carolina watchman j j bmjner i v " keep a cneckrpo all yocr editor se proprietor ) roiees ( new series do this an-d liberty is safe < gen'l harrison ( volume viii n umber 11 salisbury n c thursday july 17 1851 the result ? we were lately informed that this member ofthe codfish aristoc racy who labored so hard to destroy the interests of others had failed badly him self and so it often is that divine pro vidence punishes men in the way they have done evil to others that by their suffering they may be reminded of that evil and feel more keenly in view of their own conduct this principle of retribu tion in in nd is more common in this world than we are apt to suppose there is a just measure for measure ; as the old man said who was thrown down and beaten by his disobedient son '" it is just for i treated my father in the same way in thai very spot let all the members of civil society promote each others interests â€” lor they are all linked together and espe cially let home manufactures be encour aged and mechanics not be despised or oppressed the miniature a lynching scene in california in the year 1849 during the hot month of august i left sacramento city with a party of six including myself for the remote regions of feather river i had tried several of lhe other rivers wiihout much success and as some friends whom i mei in town endeavored to con vince me that this was the only true aud legiti mate spot wfaere the pile could be made i very willingly gave my consent io make one ol iheir parly we seiiled all the arrangements to our sat isfaction and then bought provisions enough to last us for three months hired a ax mule team packed our stuff on their backs and one after noon about six o'clock took up our line of march for the above named place distant about one hundred and fifty miles irom sacramento city one among our company played on the bugle decently well and t ilie soul inspiring mile rang out through tbe valleys we all im agined ourselves worth at lhe least caicula hon tiliy thousand dollars â€” or soon would be alas where are they and iheir hopes and expectations now ? all bin one have laid their bones in ii slrange land famine disease and minder have taken ihem one by one until i aimie am e|i a monument of god's mercy bui i am digressing nothing worth noti cing ocenrrred on our route ind afler four day's haul travel we arrived with blistered feet and aching bones every body unhappy and every body as disagreeable as any six men could con venienily be atier unloading lhe team and taking a good bath in the clear cold waters of the river we pitched our lenl conked our upper and ihen as men general do in such cases fell belter all retired early and enjoyed a good night's sleen * * * * * * * * * * all went on smoothly lor a week we made the acquaintance ol most o the miners at work in the neighborhood and found them lo be all pretty good fellows ihey worked hard and pleaded as an excuse that the climate was so bad that drinking was beneficial one morning jusl as lhe day was breaking our accustomed hour for getting up to break last we observed a large crowd gathering a round the store and curiosity gelling the bet ter of u we started lo see what the matter was leaving one lo cook the breakfast as we drew near i could see lhe form of jones mingling wilh the crowd and gesticulating vf olenily 1 inquired of him what hud brought so many together thus early in the morning ' mailer enough he replied ' here's that scoundrel ol a morgan siole no less than three thousand dollars from dory lhe storekeeper ' is he taken v i asked astonished at the robbery ' yes we have him safe enough and the mo ney also chuckled jones after some inquiries i found t bat about two o'clock in ihe morning dory was awakened by a slight noise inside of the lent in an in slum all was quiet bul thinking that every thing was noi right he took his revolver from under his bed and commenced to search about ill the dark all at once his hand came in contact wilh a man's head â€¢ who's this ?' he asked and received for an swor a tremendous blow which nearly stunned him but instantly rally ing lie discharged his revolver repeatedly al a form lhal darted past him and then followed as swiftly as possible in pursuit shouting ' stop thief some dozen or two turning out gave chase and succeeding in capturing morgan alter a desparate resistance iu which he used a knife rather freely about 60 yards from the store he had thrown away two buckskin bags that contained the dust and that was safely deliver ed to the owner they were now about forming a jury lo try him for the robbery and twelve americans were accordingly chosen wiih jones as judge the trial was soon over and the jury were nol out more than half an hour be tore they relumed and pronounced him wor thy ol death leaving it to ihe judge todecide in what manner he should die ' well boys you have acted wisely and as i am a merciful man i decide that al ten o clock this forenoon he be tied to a tree and six of their marksmen load iheir rifles and have a crack at him and may god have mercy on his soul mr .' jones continued i ap point you with as munv assistants as you want to see the law carried into effect i intimated lo the honorable judge thai i should like lo be excused from performing so disagreeable a duly but with a savage look he ordered me to ' perform lhe task he had as signed me and make no more words about it morgan had had a fair trial his guilt was loo evident and as he lay in ihe store with his feet and hands bound with strong cords look ing dirty and ragged with the blood slowly ; dripping ftom his arm where a ball had lodg 1 ed from the revolver of dory i could not help pitying the poor wielch he must have read compassion in mv face for making an effort lo i sit upright in which he was not successful he ! asked me for a drink of water i instantly hand j eel him some and after drinking heartily ap j peared to leel relieved i asked him if there was anything else i could do for him he re mained silent for a moment and then said : * the judge has appointed you lo see that the sentence is carried inlo effect has he not ?' ' i am sorry to say he has morgan i an ! s we red . ' well never mind i would rather il were , yon than some others here but i have a par : ticular favor to ask ot you perhaps you will laugh and think it is weakness but i can't help i it have you a bible at your lent i told him that i never travelled without one and that i should be happy to read to him ' thank you he said ' i have not looked into one for years more shame tome ; if 1 had followed its precepts i should not have been ' here i left him and walked back to my tent â€” how i hated myself for the part i had got to ' play in thp murder for i could call it no belter ! il was in vain i pondered plans to escape from i my task i could see no remedy and the idea that 1 must assist in the execution almost drove me frantic it was now about nine morgan had one more hour to live i went to the head of my j bed and taking my bible led for the store where the prisoner was still confined a large collection of people had assembled from the dif ferent bars and were passing lhe time away in one or two di inks lo give them an appetite for the tragedy that was soon to be enacted ' make way for the sheriff shouted one or two noisy fellows as i endeavored to force my waj into the presence of morgan . looks a blampd sight more like a minister don't you see his bible said another i passed inlo the store where i found mor gan seated on a box he looked pale and thoughtful but a smile illuminated his coun tenance when he saw that i had brought the book with me i made no reply but commenced reading a chapter in a low voice in an instant every head was uncovered within hearing and all was still within the store morgan listened with great attention but by the time that i had finished the third chapter the loud voice of jones called out time's up bring out the prisoner i slowly closed my book and arose mor gan also arose and cut the cords that bound his feet and stepped lo the entrance of he store he was now very pale whether from the loss of blood or anxiety i did not know while 1 had been reading to him they had been diawing lots on lhe outside and six of lhe best marksmen on the river had the chance of shooting at the poor fellow their rifles were taken and loaded by a third party two of them wilh nothing but powder so that it should not \ be known who shot him we walked along with the prisoner lo the j spot that had been chosen lt was a high | plain just back ol the store 1 asked morgan j if he was ready â€¢ cut these confounded cords and take my jacket off so that i may stand up like a man j he answered i bound his hand and commenced removing i his jacket when something fell to the ground j i stooped to pick il up and found it was a min : iature il represented a young and beautiful female holding in her arms a young babe ap patently only a few months old the mother ; was looking at the child wilh such a look as ' only a mother can give while the child appear ed to be making a playlol effort lo reach a : ringlet of the hair which fell in long curls : about her neck i looked up and asked ' mor gan whose potrait is this v â€” he then for the first lime observed that i . had it ' that is the potrait of my wife and child whom i left in new york he said and burst into tears ' bury it with me for it is all that , i have now i fell as though a good crying spell would do me good about that time and il a drop lell upon her beautiful face lhal was gazing so sweetly at her child let me hope that did not tarnish the bright colors ol the picture in the meantime a large crowd had assem ided and were gazing over my shoulder at the picture with evident delight i passed il round to them and every one of those rough men ap pealed to have a spark of human leeling in their breast that only needed to be touched to produce good results i had never made a speech in mv life but a new feeling seemed to flow through my veins springing upon a large log i commenced a rambling address â€” i i alluded to his poor wife and infant child their dependence on liim for support ; andiheanxie j ty and sorrow they must feel should they never ; hear from him again before 1 had finished i heard lhe loud voice of old jones exclaim | ing ' dam it all boys let the fellow go i have got an old woman myself and half dozen chil dren and i kinder guess how ihey would feel if i should pop off ' let the fellow go said some half dozen of the men who came down on the river ' let us decide the matter by putting it to vote exclaimed our old friend jones * to vote it is then said i overjoyed at my success ' all those in favor of letting mor gan go will please signifying it by saying yes yes yes roared nearly every voice in the crowd i now tinned to look at morgan he had sunk on his knees when the result ol the vote had been declared and i sineerely believe that ! he made a short acknowledgment to heaven for his wonderful preservation he arose irom his knees and taking my hand he thanked me \ with tears in his eyes for the interest i had taken iu his trial i walked along with him towards my tent and observed that it would be besl for him to leave and go to gome other mines al once ' i shall leave tonight he replied ' but there is one thing i should like lo obtain from you and that is your bible ' willingly i replied and may il do you as much good as it has me i gave him some supper and when he arose lo go i put the bible in his hand he squeez ed my fingers hen taking his wife's miniature out he forced il on me saying keep that lo j remember me by and was gone before i could reply i have the miniature now and each day when i gaze at it a sweet smile seems to plav upon the lovely countenance of lhat young bride as though she thanked me for helping the partner of her bosom to escape from such an ignoble death as tor morgan i never heard of him after wards whether he is dead or alive i cannot tell and my object in writing this letter was lo obtain if possible some tidings of him correspondence of the mobile daily advertiser diamond springs > j el dorado co cal may 12 1851 \ tii i s is a great country for excitement not a week passes but some cause of it occurs or is said to exist at one time it is the rumor of new and rich golden discoveries ; at another a j horrible murder and lynching affair ; again it is on account of some indian marauding expe di l ion with ils usual accompaniments ofrobbe ry and massacre or it is at last some terrible fire desolating cities and enhancing value j ofthe matketahle commodiliess throughout the ! country here we are in the midst ol ihese i various causes of interest just at present ne ' vada city san francisco and stockton are j burnt to the ground thousands are utterly ' ruined â€” the market vibrates under the shock and no one can tell the various points at which ! prices will settle meanwhile new dig i gings are being discovered or old ones made \ more productive by some new and improved mode of washing them one mile this side of hanglown or flacerville and three miles from us a rich lead has been discovered it is found in the sides of a ravine called coon hollow and extends into the hills on each side shafts have been sunk on both sides of the hill nexl to hangtown and the vein has been struck about twenty or thirty feet deep and pays from fifty cents to lour dollars a bucket it is quite a curiosity i e the diggings i mean the shafts are sunk first through the upper clayey | soil then through a stratum of what isrcalled rot j ten granite and sometimes through two of these then comes a most singular deposile of quartz i and rotten granite boulders cemented together j by dirt that has the appearance of mortar rub bish this conglomerated mass extends for some distance say from three to fifteen feet be low the granite strata above and overlies a soft kind of rock called granite and the red rock the gold is very fine and is intimate 1 ly mixed with this cemented mass paying best i at the red rock and diminishing as it ascends some shafts have paid as high as one thou j sand dollars per day but the majority have on j ly just got down and as i said pay from fifty j cents and upwards a pan it is the hardest digging i ever saw picks need \ sharpening every day or two and he sounds of ' blows in the cement and rocks are as sonorous as those of lhe workman's hammer in a steam boat boiler after sinking a shaft each miner then drifts the remainder of his chain which is thirty feet square some particularly those who first discovered this place drift into the j hill from tbe ravine and have gone some sixty j feet square pillars are left at intervals though j the roof is too solid lo need their support â€” } whether this lead is very extensive is not yet i known but it is generally believed to be only a continuation of those of georgetown and neva da city it being in the same parallel simi lar diggins though less deep have lately been struck a few hundred yards from our store i which have paid from fifty cents to one dollar a bucket but they do nol seem to be extensive the dirt in these places now has to be hauled most hall a mile to weaver creek to be wash j ed as i intimated too some excitement ex ' 1 isls in regard to indian depredations this ' week they have been troublesome near us â€” two men were shot ten miles above us at johnson's ranch one was killed and the oth er dangerously jvouned a man was shot al most in sight of town a mule shot and a man | robbed within a mile of us on friday last â€” j pursuit was rriven but they escaped as usual , means are taking lo organize companies to \ check these depredations as a general lact the miners however are sin gularly indifferent about these marauding in cursions and occasional murders and many fear they will not be sufficiently aroused unti most serious consequences occur there is a good deal of apprehension of evil but i hope j it will not be realized summer is fast ap j proaching and promises to be hot and dry â€” j the thermometer stood al 89 degrees in the j : shade on the first ol may several persons have come over the mountains from carson j valley and salt lake this season the last i comers report salt lake city mostly destroyed ! by a volcanic eruption several companies ' have already started for carson valley and the | stales by the overland route j â€” _ â– they could nt have it the moultrie guards applied last week for the muster-shed in the fort on sullivan's island ' in order to celebrate their anniversary again this year in the place where they were accus tomed to heretofore but the officer in command politely informed them that they " could'nt have il that as a i 7 . s officer he could not allow such language used in the fort as was last year comment on such an act is unneces sary no doubt even on that little point he had his instructions southern republic i â€” a new feature judge howe of wisconsin opens his court with prayer on a late occasion a member of the bar protested calling it a hypocritical pro ceeding and not calculated to impress the bar â– wilh additional reverence the judge we are ! told justified himself in cool dignified and ap ! propriate language by a reference lo those ob j ligations and teachings influencing every chris i tian impulse and which were most beautifully [ exemplified in his forbearance at that moment correspondence at he charleston courier washington july 1 the preparations for laying the corner | stone of the new capitol are in forward j ness ; and a great number of persons are expected to take part in the ceremony â€” the corner stone is to be laid on the north east corner of the southern extension the military and civic display will be ve ry imposing in looking over the records of the com missioners who were appointed by gen washington to lay out the city and pro vide for the erection of the public build ings i find that the corner stone of the original edifice was laid on the isth sep tember 1703 by gen washington public notice was given by the com missioners of the intended ceremonial on the 3d september previous the breth ren of the craft were generally invited to asssist the public generally were invi ted ; and the commissioners remark that the ceremony will equal the occasion and that numbers from all parts of the conti nent-were expected to attend a sale of lots was mentioned as an attractive event and drawing of a lottery also for " the el egant new hotel only one story of which was erected this hotel was bought by the government and occupied as the gen eral post oliice and patent oliice until it was destroyed by fire the plan of the old capitol was fur nished by dr thornton superintendent of the patent oliice gen washington approved of it on the 2d april 1793 the plan of the president's palace for such it i.s denominated in all the original records was furnished by james hoban of charleston south carolina as a pre ! mi urn for the same he was awarded a gold medal of the value of ten guineas and the sum of two hundred dollars sub sequently he was appointed to superin tend the construction of the palace with a salary of three hundred guineas a year finding himself the mechanics and laborers employed were as it appears from the records chiefly redemptioners i e immigrants ! whose time was sold to pay their passage the work on the building was more â– than once obstructed for lack of funds â€” ' the government was poor and in bad credit general washington in order to prevent the abandonment of the work us ed his personal influence and credit to ob tain loans from the states of maryland and virginia about 25(1000 dollars were thus obtained our people are now talking very strong ly in favor of acquiring and annexing the sandwich islands and the rich province of sonora and a vast region in mexico besides and i have little doubt that they will do it all in few years time _ the fugitive slave law â€” the lexing ton miss advertiser says that judge wilkinson lately made a speech before the disunion association of that town in which he descanted with some warmth on the inutility ot the fugitive slave law to the south and declared he desired to see it repealed as he felt no interest in pro tecting slavery in virginia kentucky or maryland let the yankees take their negroes and welcome for what he cared : mississippi lost but few slaves and had ' no interest in the law from the course adopted by many of the lire eaters remarks the mobile daily advertiser we are bound to conclude lhat their sentiments are in accordance with those expressed by judge wilkinson â€” they care nothing for the fugitive slave law and would be glad to see it repealed to morrow for an act of that kind would assist to hasten the day when disunion is to take place they have said that there is no safety for the south except in dtsu nion.a id they would oppose the comprom ' ise assist the abolitionists to break it up and repeal to the fugitive slave law be cause that woud bring them one step near er their darling project ot disunion central uo ad we learn from a letter addressed by john c mcrae engineer to the greens borough patriot that up to tbe 25'h of last month the central road from golds borough to five miles beyond hillsboro had put under contract with the excep tion of two or three small sections mr mcrae thus speaks of the lettings at pineville johnston an j ot dr watson 'â€¢ on saturday last the lettings were at pineville the residence of dr josiab 0 watson that whole souled railroad man and hospitable gentleman lie submit ted a proposition to take at once the bridge across neuse and all the road which his neighbors did not wish to take from that river to the wayne line and by way of showing his confidence in and \ liberality towards the road he proposed ! to take it all in stock this is the gen ; tleman who first proposed that he would '. be one of a hundred to build the road â€” indeed a half dozen such noble spirits could do it we have no doubt that by the 11th the . whole road will have been put under contract â€” raleigh standard at a late horse race in england thirty-three horses were entered on man lost lour hun dred thousand dollars ou a single bet a democratic principle the wade bur argus slates th*t mr cald well the democratic candidate in lhe 3rd congressional district in a discussion be i tween him and the whig candidate gen doc 1 kery on the 21si ultimo in richmond declar ; ed " in positive terms lhat he had rather lire under a ivixoly govebxxkrr than in a go vernmeni where the majority ki'le i)d ihe democrary endorse this doctrine !â€” 1 mr caldwell is their candidate for congress they will sustain him they must therefore submit lo being held responsible for his prin ciples it is indeed lutein the day to hear a candidate for congress breaking ground a gainst one ofthe fundamental doctrines ol pop ii ar government that the majority should rule \ w e haw heen under the impression it was long since settled that ail power is vested in aud derived irom lhe people 1 so says the bill of rights who arc the people ! a min ority ! the truth is the doctrine thus put forth fiy mr caldwell is of a piece with his seces sion principles he is not willing iorthiity states to rule â€” he would'nt live under such a government â€” bul he n charmed at the idea of one stale viz sooth carolina having every thing h-r own way howe-ier destructive to the interests of all tin others " rather live un der a kingly government than one where the majority rule how dn you rli^h that mr standard can you take the fll ? l)j you stand by your friend '. â€” ral register the true fire ofthe flint â€” col b s gai iher the 1*111011 candidate for congress was ihe lirst man lo raise his voire in this district in a public speech against nullification in 1832 he now entertains the opinions he then expressed twenty years of experience ol close observation and mature reflection has inn confirmed bim in the correctness of his posil mis an overwhelming majority of the voters of this district concurred with him in sen'imenl at that day : h is nullification become less odious to them now than it was then ? â€” has the opinions of gen jackson lost their in fluence with those who so triumphantly sustain ed him when assailed for the doctrines of the proclamation we imagine not ; and if the opinions of jefferson of madison and jackson are entitled to respect we call upon lhe union in p n ol the western reserve lo notice that every nullifier of 1 s*i*2 is opposed lo col gaither â€” that every secessionist in the district are ar rayed against bim â€” that every disunion paper in this state and in south carolina are denounn ing him if straws show which way tho wind blows this fact is ominous and we com mend it to those who repudiate nunificatioo as well worthy of their attention a she die m ssenger a sound principle " all intermediate agencies in trade add to its expense â€” charleston mercury this is the very foundation of the doctrine of protection to domestic industry it is lhe principle which mr henry c carey has b-en endeavoring lo enforce by his writings in " the plough the loom and anvil bring lha manufacturer he says alongside ofthe cotton field and ol the shepherd so thai there will be no occasion to transport the raw material to a distant place to be worked up into cloth which has then to be transported back again to be consumed again he says establish forges where you have iron and coal and pro visions in abundance instead of sending your provisions three thousand miles off and ihen have them brought back in lhe form ot iron lhe difference between them lo be made up in gold and silver the true rule for a nation lo prosper by is to make all it can and in bring the consumer as closely in contact with tlm producer as possible so as to save the cost of transportation commissions profits istc : in other words save tho necessity of employing persons in making the exchanges ol labor who add nothing to the value of any ailicle exchang ed but only increase their cost home i know no passage in classical litera ture more beautiful or affecting than that where xenophon in his anabasis de scribes the elfect produced on the remnant of the ten thousand greeks when after passing through dangers without number they at length ascended a sacred moun tain and from its peak and summit caught sight of the sea dashing their bucklers with a hymn of joy they rushed tumult ously forward some wept with the ful ness of their delirious pleasure others laughed and more fell on their knees and blessed that broad ocean across its blue waters little floating seahirds the memo rials of their happy homes cam and fann ed their weary souls all the perils they had encountered all the companions tbey hud lost all the miseries they had endur ed were in an instant forgotten and naught was with them but the gentle phantoms of past and future joys one was again scouring on his fleet steed a cross the hoof trod len plains ol thessaly another reclined beneath tbe flower crowned rocks of arcadia and gazed into tbe dreamy eyes of her whose form amid battle and bivouac was ever with him ; â– . a third recalled that proud day when be fore the streaming eyes of his overjoyed pare its and amid the acclamations ol nil greece he bore off irom amid competi tors the laurel-wreath of the olympian victor oh ! home magical spell all powerful home ! how strong must lave been thy influence when thy faintest memory could cause these bronzed heroes of a thousand fights to weep like tearful women with r tie cooling freshness of desert fountain with the sweet fragrance of a flower found in winter you came across the great wa ters to those wandering men an i beneath the peaceful shadow ol your wings their souls found rest '. a hail storm a violent storm of wind and hail pars ed over the plantations of gen means and sheriff plunket three miles west of this town on wednesday afternoon much damage is said to have been done to their corn and cotton crops 1 rees were blown down and fences strewed in 1 every direction how far the storm extended we have i not learned we ha 1 tine ram m town i with considerable wind but no hail concord mercury

flsss of we carolina watchmas .,â€ž.â– â€ž,â€¢â€žâ€ž per year two dollars payable in f bli ifnoi paid .;. advance two dollars "' i linv cents will l "' charged "" ' v mr.vrs inserted it s i for the first.and 2a cts ** .. n i lor each subsequent insertion courlorders higher than these rates alib ,,, those who advertise by the year tl e e litor musl be post paid give me \ faithful heart bt ii 1 ibeth blixn [ ,!,, not crave bright gems of earth r gold of dazzling hue hut ask for something of more worth â€” a heart that's pure and true though earth may yield her costly gems that look so fair to view : ] ;,.'â€ž not for such diadems but for a heart that's true a heart thai glows with noble deeds for this i i ' r will sue ; uess heart from envy freed â€” a heart that's pure and true real worth il nothing cai tis all i ask for here on earth a heart that's pure and kind for the watchman \ grand concert â€” nol the min t e .. j or the hutchinson family â€” but a more extensive connexion â€” tbe katydids are coming they will make their an nual visit as usual early in july they frequently commence their serenade about the fourth ol that month and continue their peculiar noise jusl three months till frost comes this insect is found in all parts ofthe l'nited states : it makes a harsh sound by means of a membrane in the cover of the wings which resembles very much the word katydid i and we are told that some old persons have observed for thirty years that the lit frost in the fall comes just three looths to a day from the time this insect appears if this is a lact it is new to me and may be worth noticing and your rea lties may mark the lime ol its appear lance and verify or disprove the above statement fur the watchman the uses of metals without the use ol these we could have nothing ol culture or civility no tillage oi agriculture : no reaping or mow ing no ploughing or digging no prun ling or lopping : no grafting or incision io mechanical arts or trades no vessels jr utensils of household stuff no conve went houses or edifices no shipping or navigation what kind of a barbarous ind sordid life we must necessarily have ved â€” the indians ol'lhe northern part of america are a clear demonstration un v il is remarkable that those which are [â– most frequent and necessary use as iron brass lead are tbe most common tod plentiful : others that are more rare nay he better spared yet are they there wqualified lo be made the common mea nt and standard of the value of all oth rc.mrnodilies and go fo serve i'm coin r motley to which use ihey have been mployed by all civil nations in all ages mo wisdom of god in citation m there are now known fifty-nine ele ments of u inch forty-three are metals of ihese are very hard and infusible equire the highesl heat of a furnace it them ; while one well known ury only becomes solid 71 degrees ' the freezing point of water some her than that fluid and will swim while one platimine is about 21 as heavy iron is the most useful ie mosi abundant ; its capacity of ng which it has in common with ps one other that of being con 1 into steel by union with carbon : hen so converted ol being rendered tnently magnetic so as to guide us : the ocean as well as the laud in ring enhance the value of this met iome are found native or already in alic state but most ol them are in nil ol ores or mineralized gold is r found native but sometimes not the metal in tbe earth is united ome other substance as oxygen sul c its malleability is destroyed is character is disguised so that a " well acquainted with the metal i not know it in that form iron in im cfthe sulphuret sulphur mixed it when a new surface is exposed like gold or new brass and as it is mistaken for the former it is called Â»' gold but gold is soft and mal n while this is not : and it may also wn by the smell of sulphur when d - phil for the watchman '"'' for measure live and let live e lived some years since in a village kstant state where was a man of ed wealth but almost an ishmaelite r ds his fellow citizens he was a h nt and had a special dislike to ' ar ics he would not let them thrive nd im if he could by any plan pre lhem for instance a young and - tr ious chair-maker came there and s p d in his trade but this man sent off ou ght a large quantity of articles '** lÂ«ne to undersell and break him a shoe-maker also set up a shop ls merchant immediately had cheap â€¢ at d boots for sale-arid what was the carolina watchman j j bmjner i v " keep a cneckrpo all yocr editor se proprietor ) roiees ( new series do this an-d liberty is safe < gen'l harrison ( volume viii n umber 11 salisbury n c thursday july 17 1851 the result ? we were lately informed that this member ofthe codfish aristoc racy who labored so hard to destroy the interests of others had failed badly him self and so it often is that divine pro vidence punishes men in the way they have done evil to others that by their suffering they may be reminded of that evil and feel more keenly in view of their own conduct this principle of retribu tion in in nd is more common in this world than we are apt to suppose there is a just measure for measure ; as the old man said who was thrown down and beaten by his disobedient son '" it is just for i treated my father in the same way in thai very spot let all the members of civil society promote each others interests â€” lor they are all linked together and espe cially let home manufactures be encour aged and mechanics not be despised or oppressed the miniature a lynching scene in california in the year 1849 during the hot month of august i left sacramento city with a party of six including myself for the remote regions of feather river i had tried several of lhe other rivers wiihout much success and as some friends whom i mei in town endeavored to con vince me that this was the only true aud legiti mate spot wfaere the pile could be made i very willingly gave my consent io make one ol iheir parly we seiiled all the arrangements to our sat isfaction and then bought provisions enough to last us for three months hired a ax mule team packed our stuff on their backs and one after noon about six o'clock took up our line of march for the above named place distant about one hundred and fifty miles irom sacramento city one among our company played on the bugle decently well and t ilie soul inspiring mile rang out through tbe valleys we all im agined ourselves worth at lhe least caicula hon tiliy thousand dollars â€” or soon would be alas where are they and iheir hopes and expectations now ? all bin one have laid their bones in ii slrange land famine disease and minder have taken ihem one by one until i aimie am e|i a monument of god's mercy bui i am digressing nothing worth noti cing ocenrrred on our route ind afler four day's haul travel we arrived with blistered feet and aching bones every body unhappy and every body as disagreeable as any six men could con venienily be atier unloading lhe team and taking a good bath in the clear cold waters of the river we pitched our lenl conked our upper and ihen as men general do in such cases fell belter all retired early and enjoyed a good night's sleen * * * * * * * * * * all went on smoothly lor a week we made the acquaintance ol most o the miners at work in the neighborhood and found them lo be all pretty good fellows ihey worked hard and pleaded as an excuse that the climate was so bad that drinking was beneficial one morning jusl as lhe day was breaking our accustomed hour for getting up to break last we observed a large crowd gathering a round the store and curiosity gelling the bet ter of u we started lo see what the matter was leaving one lo cook the breakfast as we drew near i could see lhe form of jones mingling wilh the crowd and gesticulating vf olenily 1 inquired of him what hud brought so many together thus early in the morning ' mailer enough he replied ' here's that scoundrel ol a morgan siole no less than three thousand dollars from dory lhe storekeeper ' is he taken v i asked astonished at the robbery ' yes we have him safe enough and the mo ney also chuckled jones after some inquiries i found t bat about two o'clock in ihe morning dory was awakened by a slight noise inside of the lent in an in slum all was quiet bul thinking that every thing was noi right he took his revolver from under his bed and commenced to search about ill the dark all at once his hand came in contact wilh a man's head â€¢ who's this ?' he asked and received for an swor a tremendous blow which nearly stunned him but instantly rally ing lie discharged his revolver repeatedly al a form lhal darted past him and then followed as swiftly as possible in pursuit shouting ' stop thief some dozen or two turning out gave chase and succeeding in capturing morgan alter a desparate resistance iu which he used a knife rather freely about 60 yards from the store he had thrown away two buckskin bags that contained the dust and that was safely deliver ed to the owner they were now about forming a jury lo try him for the robbery and twelve americans were accordingly chosen wiih jones as judge the trial was soon over and the jury were nol out more than half an hour be tore they relumed and pronounced him wor thy ol death leaving it to ihe judge todecide in what manner he should die ' well boys you have acted wisely and as i am a merciful man i decide that al ten o clock this forenoon he be tied to a tree and six of their marksmen load iheir rifles and have a crack at him and may god have mercy on his soul mr .' jones continued i ap point you with as munv assistants as you want to see the law carried into effect i intimated lo the honorable judge thai i should like lo be excused from performing so disagreeable a duly but with a savage look he ordered me to ' perform lhe task he had as signed me and make no more words about it morgan had had a fair trial his guilt was loo evident and as he lay in ihe store with his feet and hands bound with strong cords look ing dirty and ragged with the blood slowly ; dripping ftom his arm where a ball had lodg 1 ed from the revolver of dory i could not help pitying the poor wielch he must have read compassion in mv face for making an effort lo i sit upright in which he was not successful he ! asked me for a drink of water i instantly hand j eel him some and after drinking heartily ap j peared to leel relieved i asked him if there was anything else i could do for him he re mained silent for a moment and then said : * the judge has appointed you lo see that the sentence is carried inlo effect has he not ?' ' i am sorry to say he has morgan i an ! s we red . ' well never mind i would rather il were , yon than some others here but i have a par : ticular favor to ask ot you perhaps you will laugh and think it is weakness but i can't help i it have you a bible at your lent i told him that i never travelled without one and that i should be happy to read to him ' thank you he said ' i have not looked into one for years more shame tome ; if 1 had followed its precepts i should not have been ' here i left him and walked back to my tent â€” how i hated myself for the part i had got to ' play in thp murder for i could call it no belter ! il was in vain i pondered plans to escape from i my task i could see no remedy and the idea that 1 must assist in the execution almost drove me frantic it was now about nine morgan had one more hour to live i went to the head of my j bed and taking my bible led for the store where the prisoner was still confined a large collection of people had assembled from the dif ferent bars and were passing lhe time away in one or two di inks lo give them an appetite for the tragedy that was soon to be enacted ' make way for the sheriff shouted one or two noisy fellows as i endeavored to force my waj into the presence of morgan . looks a blampd sight more like a minister don't you see his bible said another i passed inlo the store where i found mor gan seated on a box he looked pale and thoughtful but a smile illuminated his coun tenance when he saw that i had brought the book with me i made no reply but commenced reading a chapter in a low voice in an instant every head was uncovered within hearing and all was still within the store morgan listened with great attention but by the time that i had finished the third chapter the loud voice of jones called out time's up bring out the prisoner i slowly closed my book and arose mor gan also arose and cut the cords that bound his feet and stepped lo the entrance of he store he was now very pale whether from the loss of blood or anxiety i did not know while 1 had been reading to him they had been diawing lots on lhe outside and six of lhe best marksmen on the river had the chance of shooting at the poor fellow their rifles were taken and loaded by a third party two of them wilh nothing but powder so that it should not \ be known who shot him we walked along with the prisoner lo the j spot that had been chosen lt was a high | plain just back ol the store 1 asked morgan j if he was ready â€¢ cut these confounded cords and take my jacket off so that i may stand up like a man j he answered i bound his hand and commenced removing i his jacket when something fell to the ground j i stooped to pick il up and found it was a min : iature il represented a young and beautiful female holding in her arms a young babe ap patently only a few months old the mother ; was looking at the child wilh such a look as ' only a mother can give while the child appear ed to be making a playlol effort lo reach a : ringlet of the hair which fell in long curls : about her neck i looked up and asked ' mor gan whose potrait is this v â€” he then for the first lime observed that i . had it ' that is the potrait of my wife and child whom i left in new york he said and burst into tears ' bury it with me for it is all that , i have now i fell as though a good crying spell would do me good about that time and il a drop lell upon her beautiful face lhal was gazing so sweetly at her child let me hope that did not tarnish the bright colors ol the picture in the meantime a large crowd had assem ided and were gazing over my shoulder at the picture with evident delight i passed il round to them and every one of those rough men ap pealed to have a spark of human leeling in their breast that only needed to be touched to produce good results i had never made a speech in mv life but a new feeling seemed to flow through my veins springing upon a large log i commenced a rambling address â€” i i alluded to his poor wife and infant child their dependence on liim for support ; andiheanxie j ty and sorrow they must feel should they never ; hear from him again before 1 had finished i heard lhe loud voice of old jones exclaim | ing ' dam it all boys let the fellow go i have got an old woman myself and half dozen chil dren and i kinder guess how ihey would feel if i should pop off ' let the fellow go said some half dozen of the men who came down on the river ' let us decide the matter by putting it to vote exclaimed our old friend jones * to vote it is then said i overjoyed at my success ' all those in favor of letting mor gan go will please signifying it by saying yes yes yes roared nearly every voice in the crowd i now tinned to look at morgan he had sunk on his knees when the result ol the vote had been declared and i sineerely believe that ! he made a short acknowledgment to heaven for his wonderful preservation he arose irom his knees and taking my hand he thanked me \ with tears in his eyes for the interest i had taken iu his trial i walked along with him towards my tent and observed that it would be besl for him to leave and go to gome other mines al once ' i shall leave tonight he replied ' but there is one thing i should like lo obtain from you and that is your bible ' willingly i replied and may il do you as much good as it has me i gave him some supper and when he arose lo go i put the bible in his hand he squeez ed my fingers hen taking his wife's miniature out he forced il on me saying keep that lo j remember me by and was gone before i could reply i have the miniature now and each day when i gaze at it a sweet smile seems to plav upon the lovely countenance of lhat young bride as though she thanked me for helping the partner of her bosom to escape from such an ignoble death as tor morgan i never heard of him after wards whether he is dead or alive i cannot tell and my object in writing this letter was lo obtain if possible some tidings of him correspondence of the mobile daily advertiser diamond springs > j el dorado co cal may 12 1851 \ tii i s is a great country for excitement not a week passes but some cause of it occurs or is said to exist at one time it is the rumor of new and rich golden discoveries ; at another a j horrible murder and lynching affair ; again it is on account of some indian marauding expe di l ion with ils usual accompaniments ofrobbe ry and massacre or it is at last some terrible fire desolating cities and enhancing value j ofthe matketahle commodiliess throughout the ! country here we are in the midst ol ihese i various causes of interest just at present ne ' vada city san francisco and stockton are j burnt to the ground thousands are utterly ' ruined â€” the market vibrates under the shock and no one can tell the various points at which ! prices will settle meanwhile new dig i gings are being discovered or old ones made \ more productive by some new and improved mode of washing them one mile this side of hanglown or flacerville and three miles from us a rich lead has been discovered it is found in the sides of a ravine called coon hollow and extends into the hills on each side shafts have been sunk on both sides of the hill nexl to hangtown and the vein has been struck about twenty or thirty feet deep and pays from fifty cents to lour dollars a bucket it is quite a curiosity i e the diggings i mean the shafts are sunk first through the upper clayey | soil then through a stratum of what isrcalled rot j ten granite and sometimes through two of these then comes a most singular deposile of quartz i and rotten granite boulders cemented together j by dirt that has the appearance of mortar rub bish this conglomerated mass extends for some distance say from three to fifteen feet be low the granite strata above and overlies a soft kind of rock called granite and the red rock the gold is very fine and is intimate 1 ly mixed with this cemented mass paying best i at the red rock and diminishing as it ascends some shafts have paid as high as one thou j sand dollars per day but the majority have on j ly just got down and as i said pay from fifty j cents and upwards a pan it is the hardest digging i ever saw picks need \ sharpening every day or two and he sounds of ' blows in the cement and rocks are as sonorous as those of lhe workman's hammer in a steam boat boiler after sinking a shaft each miner then drifts the remainder of his chain which is thirty feet square some particularly those who first discovered this place drift into the j hill from tbe ravine and have gone some sixty j feet square pillars are left at intervals though j the roof is too solid lo need their support â€” } whether this lead is very extensive is not yet i known but it is generally believed to be only a continuation of those of georgetown and neva da city it being in the same parallel simi lar diggins though less deep have lately been struck a few hundred yards from our store i which have paid from fifty cents to one dollar a bucket but they do nol seem to be extensive the dirt in these places now has to be hauled most hall a mile to weaver creek to be wash j ed as i intimated too some excitement ex ' 1 isls in regard to indian depredations this ' week they have been troublesome near us â€” two men were shot ten miles above us at johnson's ranch one was killed and the oth er dangerously jvouned a man was shot al most in sight of town a mule shot and a man | robbed within a mile of us on friday last â€” j pursuit was rriven but they escaped as usual , means are taking lo organize companies to \ check these depredations as a general lact the miners however are sin gularly indifferent about these marauding in cursions and occasional murders and many fear they will not be sufficiently aroused unti most serious consequences occur there is a good deal of apprehension of evil but i hope j it will not be realized summer is fast ap j proaching and promises to be hot and dry â€” j the thermometer stood al 89 degrees in the j : shade on the first ol may several persons have come over the mountains from carson j valley and salt lake this season the last i comers report salt lake city mostly destroyed ! by a volcanic eruption several companies ' have already started for carson valley and the | stales by the overland route j â€” _ â– they could nt have it the moultrie guards applied last week for the muster-shed in the fort on sullivan's island ' in order to celebrate their anniversary again this year in the place where they were accus tomed to heretofore but the officer in command politely informed them that they " could'nt have il that as a i 7 . s officer he could not allow such language used in the fort as was last year comment on such an act is unneces sary no doubt even on that little point he had his instructions southern republic i â€” a new feature judge howe of wisconsin opens his court with prayer on a late occasion a member of the bar protested calling it a hypocritical pro ceeding and not calculated to impress the bar â– wilh additional reverence the judge we are ! told justified himself in cool dignified and ap ! propriate language by a reference lo those ob j ligations and teachings influencing every chris i tian impulse and which were most beautifully [ exemplified in his forbearance at that moment correspondence at he charleston courier washington july 1 the preparations for laying the corner | stone of the new capitol are in forward j ness ; and a great number of persons are expected to take part in the ceremony â€” the corner stone is to be laid on the north east corner of the southern extension the military and civic display will be ve ry imposing in looking over the records of the com missioners who were appointed by gen washington to lay out the city and pro vide for the erection of the public build ings i find that the corner stone of the original edifice was laid on the isth sep tember 1703 by gen washington public notice was given by the com missioners of the intended ceremonial on the 3d september previous the breth ren of the craft were generally invited to asssist the public generally were invi ted ; and the commissioners remark that the ceremony will equal the occasion and that numbers from all parts of the conti nent-were expected to attend a sale of lots was mentioned as an attractive event and drawing of a lottery also for " the el egant new hotel only one story of which was erected this hotel was bought by the government and occupied as the gen eral post oliice and patent oliice until it was destroyed by fire the plan of the old capitol was fur nished by dr thornton superintendent of the patent oliice gen washington approved of it on the 2d april 1793 the plan of the president's palace for such it i.s denominated in all the original records was furnished by james hoban of charleston south carolina as a pre ! mi urn for the same he was awarded a gold medal of the value of ten guineas and the sum of two hundred dollars sub sequently he was appointed to superin tend the construction of the palace with a salary of three hundred guineas a year finding himself the mechanics and laborers employed were as it appears from the records chiefly redemptioners i e immigrants ! whose time was sold to pay their passage the work on the building was more â– than once obstructed for lack of funds â€” ' the government was poor and in bad credit general washington in order to prevent the abandonment of the work us ed his personal influence and credit to ob tain loans from the states of maryland and virginia about 25(1000 dollars were thus obtained our people are now talking very strong ly in favor of acquiring and annexing the sandwich islands and the rich province of sonora and a vast region in mexico besides and i have little doubt that they will do it all in few years time _ the fugitive slave law â€” the lexing ton miss advertiser says that judge wilkinson lately made a speech before the disunion association of that town in which he descanted with some warmth on the inutility ot the fugitive slave law to the south and declared he desired to see it repealed as he felt no interest in pro tecting slavery in virginia kentucky or maryland let the yankees take their negroes and welcome for what he cared : mississippi lost but few slaves and had ' no interest in the law from the course adopted by many of the lire eaters remarks the mobile daily advertiser we are bound to conclude lhat their sentiments are in accordance with those expressed by judge wilkinson â€” they care nothing for the fugitive slave law and would be glad to see it repealed to morrow for an act of that kind would assist to hasten the day when disunion is to take place they have said that there is no safety for the south except in dtsu nion.a id they would oppose the comprom ' ise assist the abolitionists to break it up and repeal to the fugitive slave law be cause that woud bring them one step near er their darling project ot disunion central uo ad we learn from a letter addressed by john c mcrae engineer to the greens borough patriot that up to tbe 25'h of last month the central road from golds borough to five miles beyond hillsboro had put under contract with the excep tion of two or three small sections mr mcrae thus speaks of the lettings at pineville johnston an j ot dr watson 'â€¢ on saturday last the lettings were at pineville the residence of dr josiab 0 watson that whole souled railroad man and hospitable gentleman lie submit ted a proposition to take at once the bridge across neuse and all the road which his neighbors did not wish to take from that river to the wayne line and by way of showing his confidence in and \ liberality towards the road he proposed ! to take it all in stock this is the gen ; tleman who first proposed that he would '. be one of a hundred to build the road â€” indeed a half dozen such noble spirits could do it we have no doubt that by the 11th the . whole road will have been put under contract â€” raleigh standard at a late horse race in england thirty-three horses were entered on man lost lour hun dred thousand dollars ou a single bet a democratic principle the wade bur argus slates th*t mr cald well the democratic candidate in lhe 3rd congressional district in a discussion be i tween him and the whig candidate gen doc 1 kery on the 21si ultimo in richmond declar ; ed " in positive terms lhat he had rather lire under a ivixoly govebxxkrr than in a go vernmeni where the majority ki'le i)d ihe democrary endorse this doctrine !â€” 1 mr caldwell is their candidate for congress they will sustain him they must therefore submit lo being held responsible for his prin ciples it is indeed lutein the day to hear a candidate for congress breaking ground a gainst one ofthe fundamental doctrines ol pop ii ar government that the majority should rule \ w e haw heen under the impression it was long since settled that ail power is vested in aud derived irom lhe people 1 so says the bill of rights who arc the people ! a min ority ! the truth is the doctrine thus put forth fiy mr caldwell is of a piece with his seces sion principles he is not willing iorthiity states to rule â€” he would'nt live under such a government â€” bul he n charmed at the idea of one stale viz sooth carolina having every thing h-r own way howe-ier destructive to the interests of all tin others " rather live un der a kingly government than one where the majority rule how dn you rli^h that mr standard can you take the fll ? l)j you stand by your friend '. â€” ral register the true fire ofthe flint â€” col b s gai iher the 1*111011 candidate for congress was ihe lirst man lo raise his voire in this district in a public speech against nullification in 1832 he now entertains the opinions he then expressed twenty years of experience ol close observation and mature reflection has inn confirmed bim in the correctness of his posil mis an overwhelming majority of the voters of this district concurred with him in sen'imenl at that day : h is nullification become less odious to them now than it was then ? â€” has the opinions of gen jackson lost their in fluence with those who so triumphantly sustain ed him when assailed for the doctrines of the proclamation we imagine not ; and if the opinions of jefferson of madison and jackson are entitled to respect we call upon lhe union in p n ol the western reserve lo notice that every nullifier of 1 s*i*2 is opposed lo col gaither â€” that every secessionist in the district are ar rayed against bim â€” that every disunion paper in this state and in south carolina are denounn ing him if straws show which way tho wind blows this fact is ominous and we com mend it to those who repudiate nunificatioo as well worthy of their attention a she die m ssenger a sound principle " all intermediate agencies in trade add to its expense â€” charleston mercury this is the very foundation of the doctrine of protection to domestic industry it is lhe principle which mr henry c carey has b-en endeavoring lo enforce by his writings in " the plough the loom and anvil bring lha manufacturer he says alongside ofthe cotton field and ol the shepherd so thai there will be no occasion to transport the raw material to a distant place to be worked up into cloth which has then to be transported back again to be consumed again he says establish forges where you have iron and coal and pro visions in abundance instead of sending your provisions three thousand miles off and ihen have them brought back in lhe form ot iron lhe difference between them lo be made up in gold and silver the true rule for a nation lo prosper by is to make all it can and in bring the consumer as closely in contact with tlm producer as possible so as to save the cost of transportation commissions profits istc : in other words save tho necessity of employing persons in making the exchanges ol labor who add nothing to the value of any ailicle exchang ed but only increase their cost home i know no passage in classical litera ture more beautiful or affecting than that where xenophon in his anabasis de scribes the elfect produced on the remnant of the ten thousand greeks when after passing through dangers without number they at length ascended a sacred moun tain and from its peak and summit caught sight of the sea dashing their bucklers with a hymn of joy they rushed tumult ously forward some wept with the ful ness of their delirious pleasure others laughed and more fell on their knees and blessed that broad ocean across its blue waters little floating seahirds the memo rials of their happy homes cam and fann ed their weary souls all the perils they had encountered all the companions tbey hud lost all the miseries they had endur ed were in an instant forgotten and naught was with them but the gentle phantoms of past and future joys one was again scouring on his fleet steed a cross the hoof trod len plains ol thessaly another reclined beneath tbe flower crowned rocks of arcadia and gazed into tbe dreamy eyes of her whose form amid battle and bivouac was ever with him ; â– . a third recalled that proud day when be fore the streaming eyes of his overjoyed pare its and amid the acclamations ol nil greece he bore off irom amid competi tors the laurel-wreath of the olympian victor oh ! home magical spell all powerful home ! how strong must lave been thy influence when thy faintest memory could cause these bronzed heroes of a thousand fights to weep like tearful women with r tie cooling freshness of desert fountain with the sweet fragrance of a flower found in winter you came across the great wa ters to those wandering men an i beneath the peaceful shadow ol your wings their souls found rest '. a hail storm a violent storm of wind and hail pars ed over the plantations of gen means and sheriff plunket three miles west of this town on wednesday afternoon much damage is said to have been done to their corn and cotton crops 1 rees were blown down and fences strewed in 1 every direction how far the storm extended we have i not learned we ha 1 tine ram m town i with considerable wind but no hail concord mercury